Broke down in Gloucester/Cheltenham

[stinka]

I don't fkin believe it

Cruising at 70mph middle lane and something went bang in osf hub

Got straight off mway, hub is red hot and bearing is very noisy

Got to find a garage now :/

 

[stinka]

Found garage, they have ordered brg, on route

Hope it's just that ffs

 

[exosteve]

kennel mate if its not one thing its another.
hope you get on ok

 

[stinka]

Cheers mate, just sat in sainsburys cafe. It's offroading that does it, all the water and grit gets in your bearings. Did over an hour at 70mph + before it collapsed, no noise or anything, just locked up and violently pulled to right. Lucky we were 1/4 mile from junction. Limped to McDonald's just off motorway, then about 2 miles to garage. If it would have happened miles from a junction, or on the a38 somewhere then I'd have been absolutely fkd !

Just hope the others all hold up, but they were all cool when I stopped just off motorway, osf was red hot, so fingers crossed. Also hoping these mechanics know what they are doing !

I'm most annoyed that this is the first time anyone else has put a spanner on my baby

 

[stinka]

It's welded it's self to the stub axle ffs

But tbh the monkey mechanic is making a massive meal of it and it looks like he's destroyed my abs sensor too ffs

 

[Fez_uk]

Have you not got home recovery?

 

[stinka]

Nope :lol

 

[Fez_uk]

Get some £50 ish, especially if you go to pay and plays. No need to worry about getting home after if something breaks.

I can get recovered to home from anywhere in the UK.

 

[stinka]

At mo he's still die grinding the axle trying to get it round, it's either a bodge that I'm dubious of lasting or they are dragging it out to charge me 6 hrs labour

Ffs

 

[stinka]

Just seen it, the stub axle has swelled so the bearing wont fit

They are trying to gring the swell off.

If I make it 10 mins down the road after this it will be a miracle

 

[stinka]

Arrrghhh

The stress has got too much, I'm in the pub over the road

 

[cncfabs]

Arrrghhh

The stress has got too much, I'm in the pub over the road

Pitty you didnt make it bit further down the m5 could of helped out.Good luck with rest of your trip long way to go yet

 

[exosteve]

Nope :lol

muppet :lol
is that your holiday money being swallowed up then
hope it doesn't spoil your break bud.

 

[cncfabs]

muppet :lol
is that your holiday money being swallowed up then
hope it doesn't spoil your break bud.

Im with stinka never had breakdown cover waste of money.The aa wouldnt have fixed his truck.Been driving 25 years never had call for breakdown just think how much 25 years of breakdown cover would have cost i could pay for a lot of recovery with that.

 

[stinka]

Took them till 4.30pm

They dragged it out and charged me £257

I told the bloke he was a robbing c***, Sick as a dog

just at sedgemoor services, os feels hot again, compaired to ns, I'm paranoid that the idiot over tightened it

Just want to get there now :/

 

[jims-terrano]

Just a thought Stinka, do you have Auto Locking Hubs or Fixed on yours???? Don't forget Auto Lockers can stick which causes heat. OK it wasn't your main problem but could be a secondary issue.

Take it easy mate and hope the day gets better for you.

 

[Nav230]

Even if you're a mechanic, breakdown cover is worth it. I've spent more years without it than with. Now with a family to think of, being stuck miles from home isn't worth the 8 quid a month for AA recovery to get me home.

At the end of the day, I could do any job on my motor and I've always carried quite a tool kit but it just isn't practical to do something like a clutch change on the hard shoulder.

I did once have a head gasket go on a landy when I was away on a training course. I was lucky that there was a land rover parts place nearby and I changed it in the living quarters car park with the help of a borrowed torque wrench. Got some funny looks with that one.

 

[cncfabs]

Even if you're a mechanic, breakdown cover is worth it. I've spent more years without it than with. Now with a family to think of, being stuck miles from home isn't worth the 8 quid a month for AA recovery to get me home.

At the end of the day, I could do any job on my motor and I've always carried quite a tool kit but it just isn't practical to do something like a clutch change on the hard shoulder.

I did once have a head gasket go on a landy when I was away on a training course. I was lucky that there was a land rover parts place nearby and I changed it in the living quarters car park with the help of a borrowed torque wrench. Got some funny looks with that one.

At that rate it would have cost me £2400.You can still get recovery if you breakdown just you have to pay for it.:thumb2

 

[Nav230]

At that rate it would have cost me £2400.You can still get recovery if you breakdown just you have to pay for it.:thumb2

I understand where your coming from but as far as I'm aware it's around £150 to get you off the motorway and if you're hundreds of miles from home it's gonna cost you several hundred to get you home. If you are lucky and it only costs you a hundred quid to get you to the nearest garage, you're still paying them labour for repairs that you could do and save yourself.
All well and good if you put that £2400 in an emergency bank account that you can use in case you break down, but not everyone has hundreds of pounds lying around in case they break down.

Both views have their pros and cons but that £8 a month will get me and the family home from lands end to john o groats and also covers me in my other halfs car too (an automatic, which brings it's own risks, however slight).

 

[solarman216]

if you have still got auto's on I would remove the of side one for a while to test, if the hub runs normal then most likely auto hub in need of grease but you need to take the multi turn circlip out to separate the two parts to clean and grease em, but easy enough, oh and if that stub axle has got that hot and been attacked with a grinder, fit another before you go off road again, Rick